Countryside Therapy

Countryside Therapy
11. 3. 2026 – 24. 5. 2026
House of the Lords of Kunštát

Artists: Vladimír Drápal, Jakub Dvořák & Michaela Nováková, Šárka Janeba, Barbora Lungová, Bedřich Mrkva, Filip Nádvorník, Anna Treterová, Barbora Vovsová
Curator: Marika Svobodová
Architect: Max Lysáček

This group exhibition of contemporary artists addresses the theme of the countryside as a place with transformative and healing potential in response to a range of civilizational challenges we face in today’s world. The contemporary idea of the countryside evokes a mixture of ambivalent feelings connected to numerous clichés and persistent cultural stereotypes. The current form and problems of rural areas are to a large extent the result of the violent collectivization of agriculture in the past, which led to the devastation of the landscape and the disintegration of rural structures, severing original social ties and ways of life. Traditional rural culture was misused by nationalist political ideologies as a form of national art and was largely emptied of its original meaning. Today’s countryside struggles with many issues, including a lack of job opportunities, poor transport accessibility, poverty, social exclusion, and limited access to education or healthcare.
More information: dum-umeni.cz/en/countryside-therapy/t10020

Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 10:00–18:00; extended opening hours on Wednesdays until 20:00.

Photo: Anna Treterová, Great Star, 2025, oil on canvas, 230 × 180 cm